Choose the best option to finish each sentences:
She was thoughtfully looking at him while he _______ a newspaper read was reading C. has read D. has been reading While I _____ the floor, Mrs. Paker began cooking swept was sweeping C. has swept D. has been sweeping I just ____ a telegram to say that my poor friend is badly ill again. had have had C. was having D. has been having I have lost my key again. I _____ I lost things to often always am always losing C. have always lost D. was always losing I _____ Ann at her father ‘s house twenty years ago and _____ her ever since. met/ have known was meeting/ knew C. met/ knew D. have met/ was working Higher education in the US _____ in 1636 when the first colonists Harvard College has began/ founded B. began/ have founded began/ founded D. was beginning/ have founded When Jack ___ me, I a letter was phoning/ wrote B. phoned/ has been writing phoned/ was writing D. has phoned/ was writing 8. He wil _____ here till he ___ everything. stay/ will do B. stay/ won’t do C. stay/ does D. will stay/ doesn’t do In case the weather good, they fishing is/ go will be/ go C. will be/ will go D. is/ will go By 8o’clock they will have will be having C. will have had D. is having By the end of this week he ____ the translation will finish will have finished C. will be finishing D. is finishing Before you _______ I all the work come/ do will come/ will do C. will come/ do D. come/ will do By the time we ____ to the forest, the rain will get/ will stop will get/ will have stopped get/ will stop D. get/ will have stopped I think he ______ the letter by this time. will answer will have answered C. will be answering D. has answered 15. I _____ my report when you entered the hall| A. made B. have been making C. was making
16. They _____ the new words yesterday from three to seven. |
D. have made | |
| A. learnt B. have been learning C. have learnt
17. She _____ this exercise yesterday at 8o’clock |
D. were learning | |
| A. wrote B. has written
18. My mother often morning exercise |
C. has been writing | D. was writing |
| A. do B. does
19. She _____ some cakes yesterday at 2p.m |
C. doing | D. has done |
| A. make B. has been making
20. He _____ me to the party yesterday. |
C. has made | D. was making |
| A. invited B. has invited
21. He _____ a book two days ago. |
C. has been invited | D. was inviting |
| A. read B. has been reading | C. was reading | D. has read |
| 22. Miss Brown’s telephone _____ when she | ||
| A. rang/ dressed | B. was ringing/ was dressing | |
| C. was ringing/ dresses | D. rang/ was dressing |
| A. came/ was doing B. was coming/ was doing
C. was coming/ did D. came/ did 24. Why ____ to me while I _____ ? A. did you not listen/ was speaking B. were you not listening/ was speaking C. were you not listening/ spoke D. did you not listen/ spoke 25. He _____ for her, but she never. A. was waiting/ was coming B. waited/ was coming C. was waiting/ came D. was waiting/ comes 26. While I ______ for him to call up, he a good time in the bar. A. waited/ was having B. have waited/ was having C. was waiting/ have had D. was waiting/ was having |
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| 27. They _____ this film last week. | |
| A. have seen B. saw C. have been seeing
28. She ______ the picture when I came |
D. were seeing |
| A. painted B. has painted C. was painting
29. They ______ the new words yesterday from three till seven |
D. have been |
| A. learnt B. were learning C. have learnt
30. It ______ this week. |
D. have been learning |
| A. rained B. has rained C. was raining
31. She _____ a bath at seven o’clock last night . |
D. rains |
| A. was having B. had C. has had
32. She _____ dishes already. |
D. has been having |
| A. was washing B. washed C. has washed
33. They ______ supper when the telephone rang. |
D. has been washing |
| A. had B. have had C. were having
34. I ______ you for ages. |
D. have been having |
| A. didn’t meet B. haven’t met C. was not meeting 35. Last summer, he to Ha Long Bay. | D. haven’t been meeting |
| A. has gone B. was going C. went | D. has been going |
